Window-shade support



July 7, 1925. 1,545,160

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A. E. MYERS WINDOW SHADE SUPPORT Filed Dec'. 29, 1923 2 Sheefi-Sheea 2Patented July 7, 1925.

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AUSTIN E. MYERS, OF PALIVIYBA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed December 29, 1923. Serial No. 683,399.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUs'rru E. hfrnns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Palinyra, in the county of Lebanon and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in\Vindow-Shade Supports, of which the following is a speciflcation.

This invention relates to window shade support, and particularly to aconstruction in which the holding brackets are carried by supportsdetachably mounted upon a. window frame.

In the prior art separate devices have been clamped or secured uponwindow frame to carry shade brackets but these constructions lack theadvantage of a unitary device adapted to be readily affixed to orremoved from the window frame and carrying the shade brackets foradjustment to properly center the shade roller relative to the window.

This invention has for an object to pro vide a novel and improvedconstruction comprising spaced supporting plates carrying shade bracketsand adapted to engage. the window frame, together with resilient meansconnecting the plates to exert a retaining tension thereon which may beadjusted to determine the proper relation or tension upon the plates' 7A further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction ofcentral. support upon which a bracket member is adjustably mounted, andend bracket supports having a flange to engage a portion of a windowframe, said center and end supports being connected by a spring andstraps there from secured to the opposite supports.

Another object of the invention is to pre sent an improved constructionof end support having parallel flanges to provide an elongated bearingfor an adjustable bracket member and also an angular portion formed withteeth to engage a window frame, together with tension means connectingsaid support to a cooperating support likewise engaged with the windowframe.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by theappended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the invention applied;

Figure 2 1s a top plan thereof;

Figure 3 is a plan showing a modified application of the invention;

Figure a is an elevation of one of the end supports;

Figure 5 is a top plan thereof;

Figure 6 is an elevation of the center support;

Figure 7 is a plan thereof;

Figure 8 is section on line 88 of Fig ure 5;

Figure 9 is a similar view on line- 99 of Figure 6; and

Figure 10 is a detail perspective of the central bracket.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures of thedrawing.

The invention is herein shown as provided with brackets for supporting awindow sh de but these brackets may be of any desired character adaptedto support curtain rods or drapery and the device may be constructed ofany desired size or configuration suitable for particular applications.In the form shown in Figure 1 the invention is applied to a doublewindow and adapted to be engaged with the frame 10 thereof. For thispur; -ose a central plate 11 is provided and has an angular flange 12 atits upper portion adapted to rest upon the top of the window frame andto be secured against lateral movement thereon by any desired means. forinstance the teeth or prongs 13 as shown in Figur 9, which may be cutfrom the. end of the portion 12 and bent inward so as to be driven intothe window frame to maintain the plate against movement.

The lower portion 14 of the plate is pro vided with parallel overturnedflanges 15 which form a sliding support for the body 16 of the bracketmember which is formed with the angular arms 17 provided with the usualpivot opening and spring retaining slot. This bracket member isslidingly adjustable upon th flanges and may be frictionally secured inposition thereon by pressure upon the flanges when the bracket isproperly centered upon the window.

At each end of the window frame the end supports 18 are provided and areformed with an angular portion 19 adapted to en gage the end or side ofthe window frame and to be secured against vertical movement thereon bymeans of retaining teeth 20 similar to the teeth 13 before described.The inner end of this plate is pivotally connected at 21 with a strap 22which is'connected by suitable tension means such as the coiled spring23 with a cooperating strap 24 pivoted at 25 at the side of the centerplate 11. In order to permit adjustment of the support for differentwidths of window and also to maintain the proper tension upon thespring, each of the straps 22 and 24L are formed with apertures 26 bywhich :the spring 23 may be adjusted thereon to vary the length betweenthe respective plates and determine the holding tension applied.

It will be noted from Figure 1 that the straps and spring connectionbetween the center plate and end plates are deflected downwardly towardthe sides of the window so as to exert a downward tension upon thecenter plate to retain it in proper position as well as an inwardtension upon the end plates which secures a proper gripping relation ofthe teeth provided for holding purposes. The end plates are providedwith bracket members 27 suitably apertured to receive a shaderoller 28and formed with an elongated base 29 extending parallel to the plate 18and embraced by the overturned flanges 30 from said plate. This providesa bearing which effectively prevents any side or twisting movement ofthe bracket in the downward pulling-tension upon the shade.

The invention has been described in connection with the form adapted forapplication to a double window and if applied to a single window asshown in Figure 3 the central supporting plate is omitted, as well asone of the springs, and the remaining spring connected between the twoend plates. The construction of parts in this application is identicalwith those before described.

In the operation of the invention the support is adapted for convenientand ready application by simply separating the plates under tension anddisposing them upon the window frame in proper relation so that theywill be held in position by the tension ofthe springs, the teeth uponthe respect-ive plates providing means by which they will be held inposition while such tension may be adjusted to vary the relation of theplates or the retaining tension thereon. The pivotal connection of thestrap with the plates permits the same to be disposed in differentplanes when desired and the holding tension applied jointly in ahorizontal and vertical direction as in the application shown inFigure 1. i

The invention is particularly designed to provide a construction whichcan be economically manufactured from sheet material and the partsformed from single plates thereof by a stamping and cutting operation soas to secure rigidity in construction and efliciency in operationwithout great expense in manufacture.

The bracket members may be adjusted upon the plates in proper relationto the ends of the shade rollers and a slight pressure upon the securingflanges will retain the same in their adjusted position.

The specific construction of the support ing plates and holding bracketshas been herein shown and described but changes and alterations may bemade in the construction and configuration thereof without departingfrom the spirit of the invention as defined by the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a window shade support, a central plate provided with an angularportion to engage the top of a window and with flanges at its lowerportion, a member having paral' lel bracket flanges slidingly mounted between the plate flanges, straps pivoted at the opposite sides of saidplate, end plates adapted to engage the sides of a window frame, bracketmembers slidably mounted thereon, straps pivoted upon said end plates,and coil springs extending downward from the straps upon the centralplate to those upon the end plates.

2. A window shade support comprising a central plate secured to a windowframe, opposite plates secured to the side edges of said frame, tensionmeans extending downward from the sides of the central plate to theopposite side plates, a bracket member slidably mounted upon saidcentral. plate, and cooperating bracket members slidably mounted uponthe side plates.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

AUSTIN E. MYERS.

